kyle88 Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 I'm starting at ground zero. I want to learn php but don't know where/how to start. My main goal is to be able to modify my web-site project, MyTownRules.com, which is using phpfox. I'm using a iMac, 800MHz power PC G4 w/ 1GB SDRAM, OS 10.4.9. ??? ??? ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimUSA Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 your in the right spot here...only been here a few days, and its a great start also see http://www.w3schools.com/php/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drummer101 Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Welcome I'd suggest you think about what it is you want to do with your site, and then just start reading, doing, and making mistakes from there. W3 will definitely get you started with the basics. After that it's all about breaking things and figuring out how to fix them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Yeah, what they said. By the way, my town sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle88 Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 I have definite concepts with what I want to do with my site, I just don't know how to implement my ideas. I guess I'll start with the W3 suggestion. Thanks for pointing me in a direction. Any other suggestions are very welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revraz Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Books, books and more books I've read countless tutorials and online schools, but nothing beats sitting back and reading a good 800 page book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 I've never even seen a PHP book in real life.... Tutorials all the way for me (and lots of hours messing around). (Oh... also, I did learn HTML from a book... and tutorials ;p.) Anyway, I would check out these along with the w3schools link: http://www.php.net/tut.php http://www.tizag.com/phpT/ There's an extremely indepth book-type thing that someone has in their signature, and I wish I could find it right now, but I can't.... It goes from the basics to basically the most advanced things.... grr.... Now I'm going to be looking through random sigs haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHP_PhREEEk Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 The tizag site is extremely easy to understand/follow along. I'd recommend that site to anyone new to PHP, HTML, CSS, or SQL. PhREEEk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 There's also a great link in my signature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jitesh Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 You will found a PHP Manual in CHM Format. http://php.net/get/php_manual_en.chm/from/a/mirror Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 There's also a great link in my signature. I think that's actually the link I was talking about >.<. I don't remember for sure though lol.... Crazy memory.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueman378 Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 this really might seem like a stupid question, but do you know html? there is absolutly no point in learning php if you havnt learnt html first, i know alot of people who have tried, none of them have succeeded, i personally learnt html from playing with the google source ( before they made it all messy) just doing small things like changing the picture or the button ect, i then went on and played with other sites untill i saw how they went together ect, after that i got bored with just static pages and so went on to try and learn something more dynamic (hence i discovered php) my first step which is one that noone has mentioned was to Install a local php + mysql server it makes it so much easier to learn php as you dont need to upoad something to the internet everytime you want to test it or error checking, also it makes it cheaper when you get into the big projects next i went to the most basic tutorials i could find the one everyone knows Hello world then after about two days of reading i got bored ( because i am impatient ) and so started pulling other sites apart again by downloading the scripts of sites that i found to be cool or useful. i then after i saw once again how the basics of php work i came to start developing simple things, but of course as a newbie i had problems, so i began searching for help and found this forum, so now i just think, hmm that would be cool try to make it and ask here + search it on the internet when i get impatient, so after my life story heres my basic tips: 1) Install a local php server (wamp is a auto installer found here 2)read the basics 3) look for things you like and pull them apart 4) try to put simple things together and build on them, dont try to start off with big projects, start something small and build on it 5)your already using this one use this forum cheers matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHP_PhREEEk Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 4) try to put simple things together and build on them, dont try to start off with big projects, start something small and build on it Hi! I'm new to PHP. I need to build a shopping cart type system... * crickets * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janim Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 there book called ( how to do everything with php and mysql ) it's nice and i advice all to see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revraz Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Yep, that was my first book as well. Great starter book. there book called ( how to do everything with php and mysql ) it's nice and i advice all to see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeytooth Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Stupid as it sounds.. good reference for starters is "PHP for dummies" gives you the crude basic's and a nice break down there of.. Another book I like is O'Relies (I think) PHP Pocket Reference, and I'm not sure what your doing with your site but I would also suggest any PHP & MySQL book.. as you'll most likely end up using some database sooner or later. All else fails, google, and php.net are good places to find info to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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